5 archives found for "sump"

I have a custom made glass sump sitting inside my aquarium stand that supplies a 100g reef tank above. It’s a standard sump- it holds water, has some generic looking baffles and in it, I can fit a decent size skimmer, some standard equipment, and dual 7” filter socks hanging on a third [...]

A brief history: The pump I used to circulate water through my aquariums for about half of my time in the reefing hobby was a German-made centrifugal pump. That pump had an alternating current (AC) motor, an advertised turnover of around 900 gph (3400 lph) and used 85 Watts of power to [...]

It’s not often that we write articles about freshwater or brackish aquarium topics, but this filtration system designed and built by Steve Bashi, is both beautiful and functional. We thought our readers would like to see this innovative Bashsea design. The new filtration system was built to [...]

The return pump for marine aquariums is absolutely necessary, but many aquarists make the wrong choice when selecting the best make and model for their tank. We wrote about this many years ago, and today we’d like to revisit the topic and explore some new concepts that may help [...]

MACNA 2016 saw Geo’s Reef debut at a major aquarium trade show, a promising sign for this custom aquarium manufacturer based in Newark, OH. Through years of producing high-quality, long-lasting equipment for the aquarium hobby, the company made a name for themselves as a “go-to” [...]